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Watts, Mike; Gould, Gillian; Alsop, Steve – School Science Review, 1997
Explores the extent to which student questions are indicative of understanding as well as strategies for encouraging questioning. Student questions are categorized as consolidation questions, exploratory questions, and elaboration questions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
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Wellington, Jerry; And Others – School Science Review, 1988
Presented are four research articles and staff development activities. Included are: an activity used to stimulate discussion of the issue of balanced science; a constructivist approach to teaching electric circuits; a science grading scheme; and a discussion of priorities in science education. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
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Fisher, Brian – School Science Review, 2001
Examines quantitative models in school physics, looking particularly at the degree to which they match the real world. Explores the positive aspects of a mismatch between models and real world conditions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Shipstone, David; Cheng, Peter C-H. – School Science Review, 2001
Shows how box diagrams and AVOW diagrams may be used to solve problems concerning networks of resistors that obey Ohm's Law. Presents outcomes and feedback from students and teachers. Concludes with suggestions as to how these techniques might be incorporated into the teaching of basic circuit theory. (Contains 22 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Electric Circuits, Electricity, Foreign Countries